I have not climbed Sam's Knob in the Shining Rock Wilderness area of Pisgah National Forest since my oldest son, Ken, and I climbed it in the 1970's. I remember it being one of the shorter hikes, but it took Tom English and I roughly 2 hours to climb to the top, and getting back down wiped me out. My knee (the newest one) swelled up twice normal size, and Barbara was a great nurse, with ice packs, and sympathy. The top was very overgrown, so the view to the other "Knob" was obscured. But I was delighted with having accomplished it.
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| Tom, ready to hike down into the valley to climb Sam's Knob in the distance. |
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| Bluets, all along the trail through the valley. |
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| A long boardwalk down into the valley before the climb. |
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| Close to the top, looking West. |
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| On top, looking North. |
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| Looking East, with Devil's Courthouse in the distance. |
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| A huge outcropping of quartz, part of the reasons for the "Shining Rock" title. |
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| Back down, through the valley, looking back. |
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Driving back down the Shining Rock Road, looking Northeast
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| The Blue Ridge Parkway, and Looking Glass Rock |
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